River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-29

session to consider the proposals, and dis
Position was shown by some TO alter the
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Morris Sullivan, of Polk county.
Mimi, lost valuable team of horses by
fire. He had driven load of wheat TO a
thresher, which was running, when a spark
III on ms load and set it ablaze instantly
am EFFORTS were made to release the
horses from the wagon. The horses were
very valuable.
A freight train on the Milwaukee &
Northern road ran through an open switch
at Hayton, in Calumet county, Wis.
Several cars were demolished The wreck
took fire and was consumed Conductor
James Donnelly of Milwaukee was caught
under the burning debris. Brakeman Fav
Is SAID TO nave been at fault and is missing.
At Winona, Mimi. complaint has
been filed by J. f. Lewis charging a man
named Brennan with the abduction OF his
daughter, girl OF Il years, for immoral
purposes. 1t is said he took the girl to a
hotel in Lacrosse and remained with her
over night. She came back TO Winona the
next day. A warrant is out for his arrest
Joseph Mandary. formerly Mime
apolis butcher, but latterly living near st.
James, Mimi, visited that town and
started home drunk. He and his team were
found in his yard the next morning He
was hanging by his feet in the springs and
was dead. He had been dragged on the
ground about three-quarters of mile.
Thomas Hof. of New Richmond,
Wis. returning home in an intoxicated
condition at a late hour, was struck by a
passing Train on the Wisconsin Central
road and terribly mangled. Flesh blood
and brains were scattered for several rods
along the track, one foot and hand being
completely severed from the bedy.
The Matt Clark Transportation COM
pany of Saltwater, Mimi, and Mr.. Clark
individually, made an assignment to Capt.
VIM. q. Bronson. liabilities are stated at
SoO,O U, assests $4,000. Ths company own
| seven towing barges, but some of them are
mortgaged, one to j. K. Graves for 81 900.
AT Grand Forks, OAK. Harry the f.
year-old son of Geo. Cruikshanks, was ac-
cidently killed. Collins a. Murphy were re-
moving their machinery from the fair with
a traction engine, The boy had his hands
| on the pan leaning on il when the smoke
stack fell on him, killing him instantly.
At Rochester, Mimi, Ernest Mas.
while working ON the roof of Jacks build
ing fell to the ground, Is feet. breaking
| both bones of one leg end inflicting other
serious injuries. Mr.. Zenrick stepped into
the outlet of a drain in the dark, breaking
his leg badly.
The Union National bank at Duluth,
Mimi, was robbed of a package of currency
containing $4,000. The package was taken
| from the vault when the clerks were busy
with other matters 1t is thought that the
person taking the money will be dis
! covered.
Ii. L. Harmon of Rochester, Mimi,
has been appointed assistant clerk Of the
supreme court of Washington Territory,
the appointment being made by Judge
| X. A. Jones. Mr.. Harmon was formerly
clerk of the court for Olmsted county.
Company G. I'd regiment, NJ. N. G.
of Austin, have decided to accept Col
! Bobleter's request and will attend the
International drill held at Chicago, where
they expect TO take part with the I'd
regiment in the prize battalion drill.
At Duluth. Mimi. a young son OF
Mr.. Brandt, the brewer, lit a short train to
a keg containing quantity of powder found
by him and may lose his eye sight as the
result. He was severely burned on his
hands and breast.
Charles O'Neill, young farmer of
the town of Almond Mimi, was run over
by threshing machine engine and fatally
injured He was driving across a railroad
track and fell from the machine that passed
over his body.
The largest transfer of real estate
ever made in Coddington Co, Oak, was
the sale by w. r. Thomas to the Water
town Land Improvement Company of the
Spicer quarter, lying north of the city. The
deed was filed.
A large baIp belonging to Nick
Salentlny, q farmer living a few miles from
lie Mars Iowa, was destroyed by fire and
six horses and two colts perished and lot
of farm machinery was entirely consumed.
The receipts of Booth & Barrett, for
seven performances at the new Hennepin
avenue theater, at Minneapolis, last week,
were So, O57 the largest weeks business
known in the Northwest.
Near Eau Claire, Wis, Julius John
son, aged u, was shot and instantly killed
while hunting in road cart with com
panion aged 10, by the accidental discharge
of shotgun.
Burglars entered the store of Weston
& Chamberlin, at Rock Falls, Wis, robbed
the money drawer of $50 and stole cloth
ing to the amount of $15.
David b. Staples, has finally been
admitted to bail and returned from Free
port, ILL.,, to his fathers home at Saltwater,
MINI.
A Norwegian from up country was
confidenced out of $50 at st. Paul, by an
alleged ticket broker.